Wednesday, August 1st
9:00am – 10:00am
Early Bird Special – FREE
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12:00pm
Tropicana Room Lunch: 7 Days’ Leave – $20
Enjoy lunch while watching Seven Days’ Leave, a 1942 comedy starring Lucille Ball and Victor Mature in the legendary Tropicana Room, a re-creation of Ricky Ricardo’s famous Manhattan night club. A unique recent acquisition of original publicity photos from the movie will be on display.
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2:00pm
Lucy Town Bus Tour – $20
See Jamestown, New York & near-by Celoron through the eyes of Lucy. An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy’s hometown, our “LucyTown Tours”, with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on guide, will take you to places of significance to Lucille Ball. You will see the house that she was born in, the house where she grew up, the site of the grand Celoron Amusement park that was her adolescent stomping ground, and much more. Duration 1hr 50min. Buy tickets!
5:30pm
Lucy 101 & “Being Fred Mertz” with Bill Chott & T. Faye Griffin – $25
Why was “Lucy” so funny? An analysis of the varied types of comedy genius employed by the “I Love Lucy” show, and a unique look at “Being Fred Mertz.” Discussion presented by T. Faye Griffin and Bill Chott. Griffin, a comedy expert, is a former writer and segment producer for the show “In Living Color” and the BET Network, as well as a personal joke writer for Steve Harvey. Chott, known for his award-winning portrayal of Fred Mertz in “I Love Lucy Live on Stage”, toured alongside Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in The Second City Comedy Troupe before re-uniting with former troupe-mates Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell to work on “The Dana Carvey Show” and “Saturday Night Live”. Duration 90 minutes. Buy tickets!
4:00pm
Lucy Town Bus Tour – $20
See Jamestown, New York & near-by Celoron through the eyes of Lucy. An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy’s hometown, our “LucyTown Tours”, with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on guide, will take you to places of significance to Lucille Ball. You will see the house that she was born in, the house where she grew up, the site of the grand Celoron Amusement park that was her adolescent stomping ground, and much more. Duration 1hr 50min.
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8:00pm
Paranormal Investigation: Lake View Cemetery – $25
Join Jamestown’s own ghost hunters, JPI, on a tour of Lakeview Cemetery. Learn more about the cemetery and some of the people buried there, and maybe discover a ghost or two. This event is 18 and over. Buy tickets!
Thursday, August 2nd
9:00am – 10:00am
Early Bird Special – FREE
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10:00am
Lucy’s Lake View Cemetery Tour – $15
Tour Lake View Cemetery in a beautiful horse-drawn, covered carriage. Visit the resting places of Ball, her family, & others who touched her life. Featuring local actors, this is a must see event!
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11:00am
Comedy College – $25
Explore the different types of comedy as captured in I Love Lucy. A director will help you re-create scenes from classic episodes & you will have the chance to perform in front of your friends, family, & fellow fans. It’s all about the unedited presentation that makes this a laugh-out-loud event!
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11:00am
Lucy’s Lake View Cemetery Tour – $15
Tour Lake View Cemetery in a beautiful horse-drawn, covered carriage. Visit the resting places of Ball, her family, & others who touched her life. Featuring local actors, this is a must see event!
Buy tickets!
11:30am
Lucy Town Bus Tour – $20
See Jamestown, New York & near-by Celoron through the eyes of Lucy. An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy’s hometown, our “LucyTown Tours”, with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on guide, will take you to places of significance to Lucille Ball. You will see the house that she was born in, the house where she grew up, the site of the grand Celoron Amusement park that was her adolescent stomping ground, and much more. Duration 1hr 50min.
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1:00pm
Gregg Oppenheimer Book Signing – FREE
2:00pm
Lucy Town Bus Tour – $20
See Jamestown, New York & near-by Celoron through the eyes of Lucy. An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy’s hometown, our “LucyTown Tours”, with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on guide, will take you to places of significance to Lucille Ball. You will see the house that she was born in, the house where she grew up, the site of the grand Celoron Amusement park that was her adolescent stomping ground, and much more. Duration 1hr 50min.
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2:00pm
Paranormal Investigation: Reg Lenna – $25
Join Jamestown’s own ghost hunters, JPI, on a tour of the Reg Lenna Civic Center. Learn more about this historic theatre, and maybe discover a ghost or two. This event is 18 and over. Buy tickets!
5:00pm
Tropicana Dinner: Circus of the Stars – $25
Relish in the 1977 CBS special “Circus of the Stars” where Lucille Ball played the ringmaster, followed by a donation presentation by WCA Hospital of the original costume that Lucille Ball wore in this one-time hit special.
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8:00pm
Paula Poundstone – $15 to $40
Back by overwhelming popular demand, Paula Poundstone is a regular panelist on NPR’S hit weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me, which won a Peabody Award for broadcasting excellence. A brilliant standup comic who tours regularly across the country, her spontaneity with the audience has become the stuff of legend. She is the first woman to receive the Cable ACE for Best Standup Comedy Special, and she has been named one of Comedy Central’s 100 Greatest Comics of All Time.
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10:00pm
Paranormal Investigation: Lake View Cemetery – $25
Join Jamestown’s own ghost hunters, JPI, on a tour of Lakeview Cemetery. Learn more about the cemetery and some of the people buried there, and maybe discover a ghost or two. This event is 18 and over. Buy tickets!
Friday, August 3rd
9:00am – 10:00am
Early Bird Special – FREE
Receive an extra 10% off your favorite I Love Lucy merchandise!
TBD
Elisabeth Edwards Book Signing- FREE
10:00am
Photo Op with the Fabulous Four – $100
Get your photo taken with Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel on the Tropicana set! Buy tickets!
10:00am
Lucy Town Bus Tour – $20
See Jamestown, New York & near-by Celoron through the eyes of Lucy. An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy’s hometown, our “LucyTown Tours”, with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on guide, will take you to places of significance to Lucille Ball. You will see the house that she was born in, the house where she grew up, the site of the grand Celoron Amusement park that was her adolescent stomping ground, and much more. Duration 1hr 50min. Buy tickets!
10:00am
Members Only Archive Event
Have your photo taken with never before seen archive memorabilia.
12:00pm
Gregg Oppenheimer Lunch – $35
Having grown up in and around the sound stages of I Love Lucy, Gregg Oppenheimer returns to Jamestown to share more “behind the scenes” stories in this one-of-a-kind Tropicana Room presentation. Oppenheimer, son of I Love Lucy creator Jess Oppenheimer, has appeared on the CBS News, CNN, E!, Entertainment Tonight, A & E’s Biography, Donnie and Marie, MSNBC, and the History Channel, and is the co-author of his father’s memoir, Laughs, Luck and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Successful Sitcom of All Time. Buy tickets!
1:30pm
Lucy’s Lake View Cemetery Tour – $15
Tour Lake View Cemetery in a beautiful horse-drawn, covered carriage. Visit the resting places of Ball, her family, & others who touched her life. Featuring local actors, this is a must see event! Buy tickets!
2:00pm
Lucy Town Bus Tour – $20
See Jamestown, New York & near-by Celoron through the eyes of Lucy. An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy’s hometown, our “LucyTown Tours”, with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on guide, will take you to places of significance to Lucille Ball. You will see the house that she was born in, the house where she grew up, the site of the grand Celoron Amusement park that was her adolescent stomping ground, and much more. Duration 1hr 50min. Buy tickets!
2:00pm
Comedy College – $25
Explore the different types of comedy as captured in I Love Lucy. A director will help you re-create scenes from classic episodes & you will have the chance to perform in front of your friends, family, & fellow fans. It’s all about the unedited presentation that makes this a laugh-out-loud event! Buy tickets!
2:30pm
Lucy’s Lake View Cemetery Tour – $15
Tour Lake View Cemetery in a beautiful horse-drawn, covered carriage. Visit the resting places of Ball, her family, & others who touched her life. Featuring local actors, this is a must see event! Buy tickets!
4:00pm
Gregg Oppenheimer Book Signing – FREE
5:00pm
Dinner with the Ricardos & Mertzs – $45
Enjoy dinner in the beautiful & historic, newly-renovated Crown Theater with Lucy, Ricky, Fred & Ethel. Enjoy I Love Lucy-style antics with professional impersonators while they take you through your laugh-out-loud meal. Buy tickets!
8:30pm
Stand-Up Showcase w/ Lucie Arnaz – $15 to $30
Stand-Up Showcase features some of the hottest rising comics in the country, co-produced by San Francisco-based Rooftop Comedy, the world’s largest producer of interactive comedy programming. With host & musical guest Lucie Arnaz (daughter of Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz) you will be talking about this show for years to come. Lucy Fest has featured performances by then-rising stars Ray Romano, Lewis Black and Ellen Degeneres, and aims to catch comics on a similar rise to the top with this showcase. Buy tickets!
9:00pm
Lucy Under The Stars – FREE
Relish in I Love Lucy on an outdoor screen with fans and friends.
10:30 pm
Late Night Comedy – $15
Join us late night in the Tropicana Room for a showcase of stand-up’s hottest, rising stars! Buy tickets!
10:30pm
Lucy Night At Roberto’s
Get together with other Lucy fans at Roberto’s and watch “I Love Lucy” episodes on their large-screen TVs. The perfect place for late-night snacks, drinks and fun!
Saturday, August 4th
9:00am – 10:00am
Early Bird Special – FREE
Receive an extra 10% off your favorite I Love Lucy merchandise!
10:00am
Brunch with the Ricardos & Mertzs – $45
Enjoy brunch in the beautiful & historic, newly-renovated Crown Theater with Lucy, Ricky, Fred & Ethel. Enjoy I Love Lucy-style antics with professional impersonators while they take you through your laugh-out-loud meal. Buy tickets!
10:00am
Lucy Town Bus Tour – $20
See Jamestown, New York & near-by Celoron through the eyes of Lucy. An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy’s hometown, our “LucyTown Tours”, with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on guide, will take you to places of significance to Lucille Ball. You will see the house that she was born in, the house where she grew up, the site of the grand Celoron Amusement park that was her adolescent stomping ground, and much more. Duration 1hr 50min. Buy tickets!
10:00am
Lucy’s Lake View Cemetery Tour – $15
Tour Lake View Cemetery in a beautiful horse-drawn, covered carriage. Visit the resting places of Ball, her family, & others who touched her life. Featuring local actors, this is a must see event! Buy tickets!
11:00am
Story Pirates: Kids Comedy Show – $4 to $7
This sketch comedy musical is performed by professional actors but based entirely on writing from students. Buy tickets!
12:30pm
Lucy World Games: “Lucy” Costume Contest – $5
By overwhelming request, Lucy World Games features a live Costume Contest with several categories. Details to follow. $5 to compete. Times subject to change. Buy tickets!
12:30pm
Lucy Town Bus Tour – $20
See Jamestown, New York & near-by Celoron through the eyes of Lucy. An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy’s hometown, our “LucyTown Tours”, with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on guide, will take you to places of significance to Lucille Ball. You will see the house that she was born in, the house where she grew up, the site of the grand Celoron Amusement park that was her adolescent stomping ground, and much more. Duration 1hr 50min. Buy tickets!
2:00pm
Lucy World Games: “Lucy” Trivia Contest
Get ready for for the world’s largest Lucy trivia contest held to date! Compete in live, a game-show style event and see how you stack up among the greatest gathering of Lucy fans. Do you have what it takes to be the #1 I Love Lucy Fan? Start studying your episodes today! Times subject to change. Buy tickets!
4:00pm
Live Lucy Comedy Radio Show – $15
Be part of the “studio audience” for a live “Lucy” radio comedy show!
By popular demand, Gregg Oppenheimer, son of I Love Lucy creator Jess Oppenheimer, returns to Jamestown to direct more radio comedy on the stage of the beautiful Reg Lenna Theater. Last year, on this same stage, the world premiere of his original production I Love Lucy: The Untold Story was a huge success — so much so that it was the subject of four nationwide broadcasts on SiriusXM™ Radio. This year’s laugh-filled show opens with another original behind-the-scenes look at the creation of I Love Lucy — the world premiere of Gregg Oppenheimer’s “Finding Fred and Ethel.” Next up is a side-splitting episode of Jess Oppenheimer’s first sitcom, Baby Snooks, the show that inspired him to create the character we know as “Lucy Ricardo.” And to round out the program, another hilarious episode of Lucille Ball’s radio sitcom, My Favorite Husband: “Valentine’s Day” (later adapted for TV into the I Love Lucy episode “Lucy Plays Cupid.”). All three shows will be performed in the style of old-time radio, with the actors standing at microphones on the stage, plus sound effects and music, including live singers. Duration 80 min. Buy tickets!
4:00pm
Lucy Town Bus Tour – $20
See Jamestown, New York & near-by Celoron through the eyes of Lucy. An ever-popular guided tour of Lucy’s hometown, our “LucyTown Tours”, with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on guide, will take you to places of significance to Lucille Ball. You will see the house that she was born in, the house where she grew up, the site of the grand Celoron Amusement park that was her adolescent stomping ground, and much more. Duration 1hr 50min. Buy tickets!
6:00pm
Dinner with the Ricardos & Mertzs – $45
Enjoy dinner in the beautiful & historic, newly-renovated Crown Theater with Lucy, Ricky, Fred & Ethel. Enjoy I Love Lucy-style antics with professional impersonators while they take you through your laugh-out-loud meal. Buy tickets!
8:00pm
Billy Gardell – $30 to $70
Star of Mike & Molly, CBS’s #1 new series in 2011, Billy Gardell is a stand-up powerhouse whose 2011 Comedy Central special, Halftime, received rave reviews. The Pittsburgh native is known for his grounded, down-to-earth point of view that strikes a strong chord with American audiences. Buy tickets!
9:00pm
Lucy Under the Stars – FREE
Relish in I Love Lucy on an outdoor screen with fans & friends.
10:30pm
Late Night Comedy – $15
Join us late night in the Tropicana Room for a showcase of stand-up’s hottest, rising stars! Buy tickets!
10:30pm
Lucy Night At Roberto’s
Get together with other Lucy fans at Roberto’s and watch “I Love Lucy” episodes on their large-screen TVs. The perfect place for late-night snacks, drinks and fun!
Sunday, August 5th
9:30am
Summer Wind Cruise
Lucy loved the lake & you can, too. A refreshing 2hr cruise on the beautiful Chautauqua Lake aboard The Summer Wind. A light brunch and refreshments will be provided.
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11:00am
Presentation: Celoron Amusement Park Through Lucy’s Eyes
Celoron Mayor John M. Keeney shares a historic remembrance of Celoron Amusement Park, focusing on the time period it served as Lucille Gall’s stomping ground in her formative years. Buy tickets!
1:00pm
Picnic in the Park & Fan Spotlight
Cap off a week of festivities with a picnic at the Lucille Ball Memorial Park, where fans gather to share momentos. Buy tickets!
3:00pm
Lucy’s Tea Party
Join us for an afternoon of laughs and tasty treats. Enjoy a traditional afternoon tea with a Lucy twist at the Historic Athenaeum Hotel. Scones will be served with clotted cream, jam and lemon curd. Be treated to savory tea sandwiches, dainty and delicate pastries and fine loose teas. The Athenaeum Hotel, built in 1881, overlooks Chautauqua Lake and is located with the grounds of the world-famous Chautauqua Institution, where Lucille Ball once took part in a theater production. Buy tickets!
Lucy Fest 2012 will feature Jamestown hosting their very own “Lucy World Games”, a competition at City Hall on Friday Aug. 3 & Saturday Aug. 4. Contestants will compete in events including grape stomping from the “Lucy’s Italian Movie” episode, conveyer-belt candy wrapping from the famous “Job Switching” episode, the most comprehensive I Love Lucy trivia contest ever believed to be held, and a costume contest featuring several categories. Contestants testing positive for abnormal levels of Vitameatavegamin or any other performance-enhancing drugs will automatically be disqualified.